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A prisoner who escaped from the Kegalle Remand Prison was shot by a prison guard 8th of march morning and died. Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayaka said the inmate, 33-year-old Ajith Kumara, who was a resident of Malsiripura, was shot dead when he had made a daring escape from the Prison. The victim fell on the field near the Municipal Council building, which is adjacent to the prison, and died after being admitted to the Kegalle Hospital by the prison officials. The spokesman said the inmate was sentenced in prison for…

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Lawyer Pulasthi Hevawasam and his Junior lawyer Harini Jayawardena worked to file fundamental rights cases on behalf of 3 out of 8 victims of the shooting incident in Rambukkana on 19th April through the mediation of Right to Life human rights centre and SLCAT collective. The cases has been filed for violating the fundamental rights of Ashen Chamikara, Lalit Deshapriya and Sahan. Also, arrangements have been made to file fundamental rights lawsuits for the remaining 05 victims in the future.

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A conversation with Right to Life Executive Director Philip Dissanayake..! I would like to explore the history of how you, who were with the new socio-political movement, and moved towards non-governmental organizations… In fact, we realized that the project was a failure because of politics. So it was a time when we were thinking about what to do next. There was a big discussion about this among the youth groups in our party. A group thought to go to the overseas. But I had no intention of leaving this country…

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The launch of the 50th edition of Freedom in the World, which has been tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties annually since 1973. The event will feature researchers presenting key findings from the 2023 report, followed by a panel discussion on the implications of those findings and the state of democracy worldwide on 9th of march 2023. Michael J. Abramowitz, President, Freedom House, Nury Turkel, Chairman of US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Leopoldo López, Venezuelan political leader, pro-democracy activist and Sakharov Prize laureate and Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld,…

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On January 30, 2022, the Ittapana police arrested a young man named Dinesh Madusanka on suspicion of theft. Later, after hearing the facts about the theft, the police beat him brutally. Also, the eyes and body parts of this man are smeared with kochchi ( chilies). Although Dinesh Madhusanka was released by the police the next day as an innocent person, his body was severely damaged due to brutal assaults by the police officers.But Dinesh was unable to walk due to being hit with sticks on his lower legs. watch…

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On October 28, 15-year-old Harshaka Deshan was shot in the head by a Thihagoda police officer, and now Harshaka is disabled. That is, when he and his friends were going in a three-wheeler to collect the peacock feathers needed for the Kavadi dance for Katina Pinkama at Midellawala temple, another three-wheeler came and stopped the vehicle they were traveling in. It was by police officers who were dressed in civilian clothes and uniforms. Then the police officers who came near Harshaka’s three-wheeler and asked him, “Are you a thug?”.Just then,…

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